INFORMATIONAL

TO:

Division Superintendents

FROM:

JoLynne DeMary
Acting Superintendent of Public Instruction

SUBJECT:

Pre-Administration Workshops -
Virginia SOL Testing, Spring 2000

The Virginia Department of Education and Harcourt Educational Measurement will
conduct pre-administration workshops for division directors of testing, plus two
additional division representatives. Please note that we cannot accommodate more
than three persons per school division. The goals of the workshops are to provide
information on test administration details, such as completion of answer documents,
packaging materials for return, and the procedures involved in the scoring and
return of results. It is important that each school division's director of
testing is represented.
Five workshops have been planned across the state in Marion, Roanoke, Culpeper,
Virginia Beach, and Richmond. If the workshop nearest your division does not
accommodate the schedule of your director of testing, it is permissible to sign up
for a different one. All meetings will begin at 10 a.m. and conclude at 12:30 p.m.
We have sent this information, along with a registration form, to your division
director of testing but wanted you to be aware of these workshops.
If you have questions regarding these workshops, please contact the Division of
Assessment and Reporting at (804) 225-2102.
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